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A Decision Support Model for Pre-qualifying Construction Contractors using 2S-ECI
(2023-11)The construction industry is distinguished by its complexity and the requirement for innovation and efficiency. The Two-Stage Early Contractor Involvement (2S-ECI) delivery approach has attracted international attention ... -
A Decision Support Model for Prequalifying IPD Project Participants in Construction Projects
(2022-11)Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is an innovative and collaborative delivery method in the construction industry. It has recently gained momentum after several projects in the US, and other regions, with partial utilization ... -
Decision Support Model for Selecting the Project Delivery Method for Sustainable Construction Projects
(2023-03)As the demand for sustainable construction increases, the need to update project management practices in order to satisfy the objectives of sustainability becomes more significant. Project delivery method is a crucial ... -
A Decision Support Tool for Smart Campus Applications – An AUS Case Study
(2022-12)Since the last decade, advancement in the sciences around the world is causing an unstoppable incline towards smart technologies across multiple industries. Smart technologies come with numerous benefits ranging from reduced ... -
A Decision Tool for Selecting a Sustainable Learning Technology Intervention
(National Taiwan Normal University, 2016)Education is a basic human right. In pursuit of this right, governments in developing countries and their donors often invest scarce resources in educational initiatives that are sometimes not sustainable. This paper ... -
Decision-level fusion for single-view gait recognition with various carrying and clothing conditions
(Elsevier, 2017)Gait Recognition is one of the latest and attractive biometric techniques, due to its potential in identification of individuals at a distance, unobtrusively and even using low resolution images. In this paper we focus on ... -
Decision-level Gait Fusion for Human Identification at a Distance
(2014-06)Gait Recognition is one of the latest and most attractive biometric techniques currently under research, due to its potential application in identification of individuals at a distance, unobtrusively and even using low ... -
Deep Learning Detection of Electricity Theft Cyber-Attacks in Renewable Distributed Generation
(IEEE, 2020-02)Unlike the existing research that focuses on detecting electricity theft cyber-attacks in the consumption domain, this paper investigates electricity thefts at the distributed generation (DG) domain. In this attack, malicious ... -
DEFC and Panicum Virgatum to Power the Future
(2014-01-19)Many rely on fossil fuels as a primary source of energy to satisfy everyday needs of transportation and electricity. Within 45 years we will be facing a shortage of current fossil fuels thus research is being carried out ... -
Defining an Architectural Design Strategy for Energy Performance-A Systematic Approach for Students
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)Managing the energy performance of a building should start from the pre-conceptual design phase. Architects at this phase need to analyze the nature of the site environment, the nature of the building, and the comfort ... -
Degradation kinetics of stabilized Pluronic micelles under the action of ultrasound
(Elsevier, 2009)The majority of research in the area of acoustically-activated drug delivery from stabilized micelles has been focused on the rapid release of chemotherapy drugs from the core of such nano-carriers. Previous publications ... -
The Dehortative in the Spoken Arabics of the Eastern Mediterranean
(University of Bucharest, 2016)A few authors mention a hortative mood in Arabic, formed in a variety of manners, usually involving a pre-verbal element and an unmarked imperfective verb, sometimes thought of as the jussive or subjunctive. Not an imperative, ... -
A Density Functional Theory Study of the Cu⁺ · O₂ and Cu⁺ · N₂ Adducts
(De Gruyter, 2011)The geometries and harmonic vibration frequencies of the Cu⁺·O₂ and Cu⁺ ·N₂ are determined by various density functional theory (DFT) methods employing different basis sets. The potential energy surfaces (PES) are examined. ... -
A Deployment Optimization Model for Wimax Base-Stations
(2011-06)Telecommunication technologies are growing rapidly due to the highly demanding markets for different telecom services and applications. Wireless solutions are essential in places where cable infrastructure does not exist, ... -
Desalination Using Deionization
(2014-07-22)The largest source of the water in the world is the ocean. In 2025, 40% of the world will be living in water scarce regions. There is an obvious demand for water at all times. The dominating desalinization process are ... -
Desalination Using Solar Ponds
(2014-07-22)The growing demand of freshwater is placing huge pressure on existing supplies. Seawater is a vast source to satisfy this demand. However, seawater cannot be directly consumed and therefore, desalination of seawater is a ... -
Design and analysis of an alkaline fuel cell
(Yildiz Technical University, 2023)This study provides a step-by-step, up-to-date fuel cell fundamentals, thermodynamic and electrochemical principles, and system evaluation factors via a case study of a 10-kW alkaline fuel cell designed to operate in space ...